Where does “ngắn gọn” come from?

ngắn gọn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngắn, from Malay dengan, from Old Malay daṅan, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan.

ngắn gọn (Vietnamese): concise; brief

Definitions

  1. concise; brief

Ancestry of “ngắn gọn”, step by step

ngắn gọn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngắn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengắnshort, brief
2Malaydenganwith; and; by
3Old Malaydaṅan—
4Proto-Malayic*dəŋan—

via Vietnamese gọn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegọnneat, tidy; to be neatly arranged; to dress...
Every word from Proto-Malayic *dəŋan →Every word from Old Malay daṅan →Every word from Malay dengan →